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" Real Housewives of New York City star Kelly Bensimon has claimed that her decision to pose for Playboy magazine shocked her co-stars. The 43-year-old jewelry designer revealed that being photographed semi-nude by her ex-husband Gilles for Playboy&amp;#039;s March 2010 cover evoked some hostility from fellow Real Housewives of New York City castmembers. Bensimon told PopEater: &amp;quot;I think the ladies were shocked by it. I think they thought, &amp;#039;We tried to take you down and now you are doing Playboy, what&amp;#039;?! And now I have Playboy so they are like, &amp;#039;Wait a minute. This is not working&amp;#039;.&amp;quot; Bensimon further remarked that she doesn&amp;#039;t believe stripping down for the popular men&amp;#039;s magazine promotes an irresponsible image of sexuality for own young daughters, Sea and Teddy. She added: &amp;quot;I think some people were wondering... I have two kids, isn&amp;#039;t that bad? But I think no; I want my kids to be happy and healthy and later on in their lives, be sexy and have fun. I don&amp;#039;t want them to think that having an eating disorder is cool, because it&amp;#039;s not.&amp;quot; The Real Housewives of New York City continues with new episode &amp;#039;Last Call, Morocco!&amp;#039; on Thursday on Bravo. &amp;amp;gt; Bensimon, Frankel &amp;#039;can bond over kids&amp;#039;&amp;amp;gt; Bensimon: &amp;#039;The Housewives are crazy&amp;#039; Watch Kelly Bensimon open up about her Playboy experience below:        "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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